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U.N. Investigators Help Yazidis In Iraq Find Bodies Of Loved Ones Killed By ISIS

4:19pm December 01, 2020

by Jane Arraf

In Iraq, six years after the ISIS genocide against the Yazidi minority, survivors are still trying to find bodies of their loved ones. U.N. investigators are exhuming mass graves.

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Armed Gang Attacks Criciúma, Brazil, Holds People Hostage While Robbing Bank

4:19pm December 01, 2020

by Philip Reeves

Heavily armed bank robbers laid siege on Tuesday to an entire city in southern Brazil, overpowering local police. The assault caused shock in a country dominated by organized crime.

Activists march to Shell's headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, in April 2019, delivering a legal summons to the company. The civil case began Tuesday, with plaintiffs demanding the company reduce its carbon dioxide emissions.

Climate Case Against Shell Begins In The Netherlands

3:38pm December 01, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The case was brought by a group of environmental organizations and more than 17,000 Dutch citizens. They demand that Shell be forced to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45% by 2030.

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Assailants Attack City In Southern Brazil In Series Of Brazen Early Morning Heists

2:05pm December 01, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

Over the course of two hours, several heavily armed men laid siege to the coastal city of Criciúma, where they blew up ATMs and took hostages.

President Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in May 2019.

After Trump, Europe's Populist Leaders Will Have 'Lost One Of Their Cheerleaders'

1:42pm December 01, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

Leaders of nations like Poland, Slovenia and Hungary are having a hard time accepting that President Trump lost the election. Joe Biden says he is committed to rebuilding ties with the European Union.

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Yehiya Sinwar, Hamas' leader in Gaza, pictured in 2017, is in stable condition, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

Gaza's Hamas Leader Gets Coronavirus As Palestinian Territories' Cases Surge

1:29pm December 01, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

Yehiya Sinwar has tested positive for the coronavirus as infections reach record levels in the Palestinian territories.

The pending arrival of vaccines has brought "hope for a brighter future," the OECD says. Here, workers from the Red Cross and the Federal Agency for Technical Relief help set up a center for COVID-19 vaccinations in a gymnasium in Eschwege, Germany.

Rosy Vaccine Outlook Brightens World Economic Forecast, But Recovery May Be Uneven

1:13pm December 01, 2020

by Bill Chappell

China is predicted to account for more than a third of global economic growth next year, while the U.S. and European countries will lag behind, according to the OECD.

A metal monolith was reported to have appeared on a scenic location in northern Romania on Nov. 27. Local newspaper Ziar Piatra Neamt reported the finding on a hill near the archaeological site of an old fortress overlooking the Bâtca Doamnei lake.

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Another Mysterious Monolith Suddenly Appears — This Time In Romania

10:50am December 01, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Not long after a metal object appeared without explanation in the Utah desert, it disappeared. Now, locals in Piatra Neamt say they have found a similar monolith, and answers remain just as scarce.

A new study that analyzed blood donations from December 2019 to early January helped show that the coronavirus infected people in the U.S. earlier than previously thought.

Coronavirus Was In U.S. Weeks Earlier Than Previously Known, Study Says

10:27am December 01, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

The discovery, uncovered after analyzing blood donations from nine states, strengthens evidence that the coronavirus was quietly spreading around the world before health officials were aware.

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Europe's Populist Leaders Have A Hard Time Accepting Trump Loss

8:54am December 01, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

Strongmen leaders in Eastern Europe have lost a powerful ally in Donald Trump, and his election loss threatens to isolate them even more.

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